Women present a unique challenge in family history because their surname changes - from their maiden name to their married name, and maybe again as a husband dies and they remarry. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some additional tips and tricks to findin g the women in your family tree. View our previous video for Finding the Maiden Names of Women here: http://ancstry.me/rEQvss

There are some pretty powerful search tools available to you right in the Family Tree Maker software. Join Crista Cowan as she shares how to set up and use those tools to find information about your ancestors anywhere on the web.

Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun. She also reviews the new content published in the last month and shows you how best to search it to find the stories of your ancestors' lives.

Have you always wondered why people would use a genealogy software program when they can just as easily put their tree online? Do you have Family Tree Maker and wonder if you are using this powerful tool to its fullest capacity? Join Crista Cowan as she shares her top five reasons for using (and loving) FTM 2012.

Have you looked and looked for an official record of your ancestor's marriage only to come up empty? Join Crista Cowan for this final installment of our 4-part series on marriage records. She will show you how to assemble clues from other records to det ermine when and where your ancestor may have tied the knot.

Most states did not start keeping marriage records at a state level until the early 1900s. But, some counties, towns, and churches began recording marriages in the early 1600s. Join Crista Cowan for this 3rd installment of a 4-part series on marriage re cords. Learn how to find and search little used marriage records on Ancestry.com.

You know how some records on Ancestry.com have an image you can click through and view and some don't? What is that all about? Join Crista Cowan for the 2nd in a 4-part series on marriage records. She explains the difference between a record and an ind ex. She also shows you how you can (and why you should) do what it takes to get a copy of the original record.

Want to know what marriage records are on Ancestry.com? Want to know how best to search them to find your ancestors? Join Crista Cowan for the first in a 4-part series on marriage records. She will help you discover what marriage records exist and whic h of those are available on Ancestry.com. She'll also share her best search tips and tricks to help you find the marriage records of your family members.

Have you always wanted to tell your family stories but don't think you are much of a writer? Do you spend so much time researching you aren't sure when you will ever have the time to record the stories of your ancestors' lives? Join Crista Cowan as she shares her best tips and tricks for writing and sharing your family hiSTORY!

Do you need help climbing over, going around or breaking through your genealogy brick wall? Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of her best tips and tricks for those tough family history challenges.